Bill Sica is selling his 10 gal. HERMS
system, as well as kegs, a keezer and misc. brewing
gear.

The BIER
Western Bus Craft Beer Tour was a fun time, but too compressed, 8
breweries in 10 hours is too much, should have been 6 or 7 stops.We had 28 people, got samples at most
places.The best surprise was Bluestone
Brewing Co., in Sayre, PA, beautiful place, lots of SS, with hop head
beers.The food looked good.

We
discussed a couple upcoming events.Registration for this year’s National
Homebrew Conference in Baltimore, June 11 to 13, and on-line
registration for the contest will be Feb. 1 to 7.It’s THE Homebrew event of the year, within
driving distance, and we need to take some kegs for Club Night.We should have a couple car full’s going
down.

Binghamton On Tap, was Jan 15 & 16 (just after
our meeting) at the Doubletree on Water St. in Binghamton was good, we had over
a dozen members pour, across the 3 sessions.Town Square Media promotes it.Some of our local breweries will be there, but some don’t go for
it.InBEV
appears to be a big player, with local distributors bringing most of the
beer.

The
Mom’s House HomebrewFest was discussed at length, with
Laurie Bowen, Mom’s House Director leading.We have a good many brewers interested in
entering the contest.If you’re
interested, get your info. to Dave
King (2), soon.There should be some
very good prizes.

Has
anyone bought a BIER logo mug or stein?They’re still available, along with tee
shirts, etc.I use my mug, and the logo
is well buried in the finish, so it should last a long time.

Josh
was our Cellar Master, and Bob brought pretzels, thanks!

On to
the beer.

·Dave
Russell – Cranberry Wheat, with
some orange, which is subtle, but goes well with the cranberry.